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Welcome To al-Ghubayya al-Tahta - الغبية التحتا (אל-ע'וביה א-תחתא)

District of Haifa
Ethnically cleansed days ago
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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date April 8, 1948
Distance From District 28 (km) South East of Haifa
Elevation 110 (meters)
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Map Location See location #30 on the map

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Military Operation Battle for Mishmar Ha'emek
Attacking Units Units drawn from the Palmach, as well as the Carmeli and Alexandroni Brigades
Defenders Arab Liberation Army
Exodus Cause Military assault by Zionist troops
Village Temains The village has been completely obliterated in mid March 1948
Ethnically Cleansing al-Ghubayya al-Tahta inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 11,607
Jewish 0
Public 532
**Total 12,139
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Population
Year Population*
1931 200
1945 1,130
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Number of Houses
Year Number of Houses
1931 38
Schools al-Ghubayya al-Tahta shared an elementary school (founded by the Ottomans in 1888) with the villages of al-Ghubayya-al-Fawqa and al-Naghnaghiyya. The school was later on closed during the British Mandate period.
Archeological Sites The village had several khirbats (including Tel Abu Shusha) which contained artifacts such as fragments of pottery, pieces of masonry, and an olive press.
Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands		 Midrakh 'Oz
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Village Before Nakba

The village was one of a group of three villages, known collectively as al-Ghubayyat, that were located on the eastern slopes of the bilad al-rawha' (the "fragrant country"; see Daliyat al-Rawha', Haifa sub-disctrict); the other two villages were al-Ghubayya al-Fawqa and al-Naghnaghiyya. It was located on a hill and overlooked the plain of Marj ibn Amir. The Haifa-Jenin highway ran close to it to the northeast. The second part of its name meant "lower" in Arabic, and served to distinguish it from its "upper" counterpart, al-Ghubayya al-Fawqa. It was also called al-Ghaba al-Tahta ("the lower forest"). AI-Ghubayya al-Tahta's population was Muslim. It was classified as a hamlet by the Palestine Index Gazetteer and had a rectangular layout. Its houses were made of cement and mud. It shared an elementary school with the other two villages that was built around 1888, during Ottoman rule; this school was closed down under the Mandate. The three villages had access to a number of water sources, including wadis, springs, and the al-Muqatta' River. Their economies were based on animal husbandry and agriculture, with grain being the chief crop. In 1944/45 a total of 10,883 dunums of the lands of the three villages was allocated to cereals, and 209 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards. A number of khirbas lay on their lands and contained artifacts such as fragments of pottery, pieces of masonry, and an olive press. The nearest large archaeological site was at Tall Abu Shusha.

Village Occupation and Ethnic Cleaning

On 15 March 1948, a New York Times correspondent wrote that the Haganah demolished fourteen houses and damaged ten others at al-Ghubayya al-Tahta, adding that '[there were no casualties, as the village had been evacuated after a Jewish attack on Friday]'. Nothing further is mentioned about that earlier attack, and it is unclear whether the villagers later returned. The correspondent commented on the Haganah demolition at al-Ghubayya al-Tahta by saying, 'In what appears to be a new strategy: concentration on the destruction of property..., the Haganah has in the last three days carried out five such 'punitive' operations.' The locations of the others were not given. Palestinian historian Arif al-Arif confirms this attack, writing that the village was completely destroyed in the early months of the war by Zionist forces from the nearby settlement of Mishmar ha-Emeq, which was at some points no more than 50 m away. But he adds that its residents escaped harm, having already sought refuge in its sister village of al-Ghubayya al-Fawqa.

Some time after the two March attacks on the village, the Arab Liberation Army (ALA) launched in early April 1948 an attack on Mishmar ha-Emeq. ALA commander Fawzi al-Qawuqji reported that when British forces ordered the ALA to cease the attack on the kibbutz, they agreed, provided Jewish forces refrained from taking revenge on the surrounding villages. But the Haganah command refused the offer and ordered their units to occupy and destroy the surrounding villages of Marj ibn Amir. A 'pitched battle' was later fought around the two villages of al-Ghubayya al-Tahta and al-Ghubayya al-Fawqa, according to al-Qawuqji, during which they changed hands a few times before being captured by Zionist forces around the middle of April.

The inhabitants of Kibbutz Mishmar ha-Emeq, nearby to the northwest of al-Ghubayya al-Tahta, attacked the village on 25 April 1948 and destroyed the houses that still stood after the Haganah attack on 15 March. The inhabitants at first fled to al-Ghubayya al-Fawqa.

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

Part of the settlement of Midrakh Oz is on village land.

Village Today

No traces of houses can be identified; the Israeli settlement of Midrakh Oz, along with its playgrounds and race tracks, has completely occupied the site. Olive trees that grow there were most probably planted before the establishment of the settlement.

Source

Dr. Walid al-Khalidi, 1992: All That Remains.
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